can hamsters fly?

by chizz6l • 22 May 2011, 01:57 • Journals
my hamster just escaped & jumped from my balcony :S its like 4m high, i went after him and caught him again, he was fine :s just washing himself and eating a nut :) no but srsly? :S hamsters can fly? :S he stretched his legs and arms and jumped :S rly weird, looked like he was flying like a bat :S

image: roborovski_hamster_000003009208X
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CrimZon 22 May 2011, 02:58
You can do anything if you just believe!
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Vanhaomena 22 May 2011, 02:58
Yea, but only downwards as you just saw
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CrimZon 22 May 2011, 03:03
he never said he only went downwards
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5H1V4 22 May 2011, 03:19
yes. he flew to ur mom's ass.
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chizz6l 22 May 2011, 03:27
benfica :) enough said :)
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5H1V4 22 May 2011, 03:38
do you like benfica?
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HansoO 22 May 2011, 03:39
snow on the ground?
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Vanhaomena 22 May 2011, 03:50
According to a bit of Googling, even the terminal velocity of a hamster is not enough to kill it. That means that hamsters can't fall to their death regardless of height, snow or no snow.
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HansoO 22 May 2011, 03:53
so what is the maximum height then? or do hamsters fall on their paws too, like cats?
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Burneddi 22 May 2011, 11:49
Terminal velocity is the velocity an object will accelerate to when falling until the drag stops the acceleration. For a human body in the Earth's atmosphere and gravity you fall at roughly 210 kilometres per hour maximum.

Seeing that a hamster's weight/area ratio is relatively small, their terminal velocity is likely small too. This means that they simply can't fall very fast because of the drag. If the fall speed is low enough you won't die no matter how high you fall from, obviously. That's how parachutes work, they increase your area and drag coefficient, thus lowering your terminal velocity.

You can calculate the terminal velocities of objects using WolframAlpha for instance, if you just happen to know the drag coefficient and area of a hamster.
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HansoO 22 May 2011, 03:56
wait what?! hamsters are immortal?
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Basty 22 May 2011, 10:46
yes they are!
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